Salvator Mundi

Giampetrino Italian
On View

in

European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

  • About the Artwork

    Please note: This section is empty

  • Markings

    Please note: This section is empty

    This section contains information about signatures, inscriptions and/or markings an object may have.

  • Provenance

    Please note: This section is empty

    Provenance is a record of an object's ownership. We are continually researching and updating this information to show a more accurate record and to ensure that this object was ethically and legally obtained.

    For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:

    Provenance page
  • Exhibition History

    Please note: This section is empty

    The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

    We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

    Suggest Feedback
  • Published References

    Please note: This section is empty

    We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

    Suggest Feedback
  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Please note: This section is empty

    A catalogue raisonné is an annotated listing of artworks created by an artist across different media.

  • Credit Line for Reproduction

    Please note: This section is empty

    The credit line includes information about the object, such as the artist, title, date, and medium. Also listed is its ownership, the manner in which it was acquired, and its accession number. This information must be cited alongside the object whenever it is shown or reproduced.

  • Audio Transcript

    Please note: This section is empty

About the Artwork

Salvator Mundi

16th century

Giampetrino

----------

Italian

----------

Paint on wood panel

Unframed: 25 3/4 × 19 inches (65.4 × 48.3 cm) Framed: 35 1/2 × 28 3/4 × 2 7/8 inches (90.2 × 73 × 7.3 cm)

Paintings

European Painting

Gift of James E. Scripps

89.21

Public Domain

Markings

Please note: This section is empty

Provenance

John Parke [-1821] (London, England);
June 16, 1821, auctioned (withdrawn) by John Parke at (Christie's, London, England), lot 63;
May 7, 1836, auctioned by son of John Parke at (Christie's, London, England), lot 47;
April 6, 1889, auctioned by Mrs. Cox at (Christie's, London, England), lot 134;
April 6, 1889, purchased by Dearn, on behalf James Scripps [1835-1906] (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1889, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

For more information on provenance, please visit:

Provenance page

Exhibition History

Please note: This section is empty

The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.

We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.

Suggest Feedback

Published References

Catalogue of the Genuine and Highly Valuable Cabinet of Italian, French, Flemish and Dutch Pictures, of a Well-Known Amateur, Mr. Parke. Sales cat., Christie's. London, June 16, 1821, p. 7, no. 63 [as by Leonard da Vinci].

Catalogue of Dutch & Flemish Pictures and a Few Modern Pictures, the Property of Major Corbett-Winder; A Small Collection of Ancient and Modern Pictures of T.S. Starkey, Esq., of Huttons Ambo, York; and others from Different Private Collections. Sales cat., Christie, Manson & Woods. London, April 6, 1889, p. 17, no. 134 [annotated, "62"].

Scripps, James E., ed. Catalogue of the Scripps Collection of Old Masters. Detroit, 1889, pp. 15–16, no. 10 [as by Leonardo da Vinci (attributed to)].

"The Scripps Old Masters." The Collector 2, no. 13 (May 1, 1891): pp. 149-152; p. 150 [as attributed to Leonardo da Vinci].

Scripps, James E. Handbook of the Paintings Ancient and Modern Belonging to the Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1895, pp. 10-11 [as attributed to Leonardo DaVinci].

Berenson, Bernard. North Italian Masters of the Renaissance. New York, 1907, p. 274 [as by Marco D'Oggione].

Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters Belonging to the Detroit Museum of Art. Detroit, 1910, p. 17, no. 11 [as by Leonardo da Vinci (attributed to)].

Burroughs, C. Catalogue of Paintings, Sculpture and Contemporary Arts and Crafts. Detroit, 1920, p. 35, no. 23 [as by Giampietrino].

Suida, Wilhelm. Leonardo und sein Kreis. Munich, 1929, p. 293 [as by Marco D'Oggione].

Berenson, Bernard. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance. Oxford, 1932, p. 229 [as "The Savior" by Gianpietrino].

Richardson, E. P., ed. Catalogue of Paintings, The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1944, p. 53, no. 543 [as by Giampetrino].

Leonard da Vinci. Exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles, 1949, pp. 85–86, no. 27, (pl. 27) [as by Salai (?)].

Heydenreich, Ludwig. Leonardo da Vinci, vol. 1. New York, 1954, p. 203; English ed., 1954, p. 184 [as by Unknown Copyist, dated ca. 1500/1506].

Huyghe, Rene. Art and the Spirit of Man. New York, 1962, pp. 224–225 [as by Giampetrino].

Heydenreich, Ludwig H. "Leonardo's Salvator Mundi." Raccolta Vinciana 20 (1964): pp. 83–109; p. 97 (ill.) [as an accurate early copy of Leonardo's original composition].

Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts: A Check List of the Paintings Acquired Before June 1965. Detroit, 1965, p. 45.

Fredericksen, Burton B., and Federico Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972, p. 180 [as by Andrea Salai].

Snow-Smith, Joanne. "The Salvator Mundi of Leonardo da Vinci." Arte Lombarda, no. 50 (1978): pp. 69–81; pp. 69, 73 (ill.) [as by Giampetrino].

Vezzosi, Alessandro. La Raccolta Leonardesca della Contessa de Béhague. Exh. cat., Castello dei Conti Guidi. Vinci, 1980, pp. 26 (ill.), 28.

Snow-Smith, Joanne. The Salvator Mundi of Leonardo da Vinci. Seattle, 1982, pp. 11, 15 (ill.) [dated ca. 1511].

Trutty-Coohill, Patricia. "Studies in the School Of Leonardo Da Vinci: Paintings in Public Collections in the United States With A Chronology Of the Activity Of Leonardo And His Pupils And Catalogue Of Auction Sales." Ph.D. diss., Pennsylvania State University, 1982, pp. 144–157 [unpublished].

Zeri, Federico, and Francesco Rossi. La Raccolta Morelli: nell'Accademia Carrara. Milan, 1986, p. 187, no. 68.

Sedini, Domenico. Marco d'Oggino: tradizione e rinnovamento in Lombardia tra Quattrocento e Cinquecento. Milan, 1989, pp. 196–197, no. 102 (ill.) [included in section "Opere Espunte [Excluded Works]"].

Fagnart, Laure. Léonard de Vinci en France: Collections et Collectionneurs (XVème–XVIIIème siècles). Rome, 2009, pp. 77, 133 (ill.) [as by attributed to Giampietrino].

Kindly share your feedback or any additional information, as this record is still a work in progress and may need further refinement.

Suggest Feedback

Catalogue Raisoneé

Please note: This section is empty

Credit Line for Reproduction

Giampetrino, Salvator Mundi, 16th century, paint on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of James E. Scripps, 89.21.

Salvator Mundi
Salvator Mundi